SINGER

Joseph Kobzon

1937 - 2018

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Joseph Davydovich Kobzon (11 September 1937 – 30 August 2018) was a Soviet-born Russian singer, known for his crooner style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Kobzon has received more than 428,227 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Kobzon is the 411th most popular singer (down from 351st in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 234th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Joseph Kobzon ranks 411 out of 4,381Before him are Kirsten Flagstad, Miguel Bosé, Franzl Lang, Iva Zanicchi, Christine McVie, and Alizée. After him are Fritz Wunderlich, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Justin Timberlake, Loredana Bertè, Zeynab Khanlarova, and Tino Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Joseph Kobzon ranks 118Before him are Steven Berkoff, Petros Markaris, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Aleksandr Medved, Billy Meier, and Bettina Heinen-Ayech. After him are Hibari Misora, Nikolai Kapustin, Daniel McFadden, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ratan Tata, and Sami Frey. Among people deceased in 2018, Joseph Kobzon ranks 100Before him are Belisario Betancur, Tsukasa Hosaka, Ermanno Olmi, Paul Virilio, Jozef Adamec, and Margot Kidder. After him are Alan Baker, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Paul Andreu, Nicanor Parra, Bruno Sammartino, and Dennis Nilsen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Joseph Kobzon ranks 272 out of 1,365Before him are Moisei Uritsky (1873), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), Lina Kostenko (1930), Grigori Sokolnikov (1888), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), and Haim Arlosoroff (1899). After him are Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Zbigniew Herbert (1924), Denys Shmyhal (1975), and Sergei Winogradsky (1856).

Among SINGERS In Ukraine

Among singers born in Ukraine, Joseph Kobzon ranks 5Before him are Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932), Sofia Rotaru (1947), Nina Matviienko (1947), and Ruslana (1973). After him are Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), Joseph Schmidt (1904), Alexander Vertinsky (1889), Leonid Utyosov (1895), Verka Serduchka (1973), Yaroslav Yevdokimov (1946), and Viorica Ursuleac (1894).